Re: [gentoo-dev] Email subdomain

["Luis F. Araujo" <araujo@gentoo.org>]

Grant Goodyear wrote:

>Jakub Moc wrote: [Fri Nov 18 2005, 06:07:48PM CST]
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>>19.11.2005, 0:58:29, Grant Goodyear wrote:
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>>>My preference is that the subdomain chosen should succinctly reflect
>>>the role that arch testers serve.  My personal preference would be
>>>to choose something like "aide", "helper", "assistant", or something
>>>similar. (Indeed, I'd have preferred "volunteer" if it weren't for
>>>the niggling fact that we're all volunteers.)
>>>      
>>>
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>>Once again - I don't know if it's not been clear enough so far, from
>>the replies on this topic: I don't have time nor desire to dig out
>>somewhere on the web what's the correct email I should use to contact
>>someone... there are about 200 more or less active Gentoo devs around
>>and the last thing I need is to ponder upon what project/role that
>>particular person is on. What's the benefit?
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>
>Perhaps you should re-read the GLEP?  Or the log from the last two
>Council meetings?  Nobody is suggesting that devs should have their
>e-mail addresses changed to foo@subdomain.gentoo.org.  The issue is what
>e-mail address to give people who are helping out Gentoo but not
>actually devs.  
>
@g.o

>Since these people are not going to be maintaining
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But they are helping out Gentoo in a very direct way right?

>packages, it seems unlikely that you're going to have to spend all that
>much time trying to figure out how to contact them; just hit "r" like
>you would with any other user.
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It'd be more time than if it was just @g.o , that's for sure.

>Incidentally, the benefit is to make users who are actively helping
>Gentoo feel like they're part of the family. 
>
That's why i said, give them @g.o

> It was decided that a
>straight @gentoo.org address would be confusing, though, since most
>people associate those addresses with developers. 
>
Let's write a GLEP to clarify that @g.o addresses is for people who 
cooperates
(in a direct way) with Gentoo.

> I'm fairly agnostic
>on the whole thing, myself, but since the Council voted to approve the
>GLEP, I was simply trying to do my best to put forth a proposal that fit
>within that framework.
>
>-g2boojum-
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